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Longidoridae

Longidoridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Dorylaimida
Suborder: Dorylaimina
Superfamily: Dorylaimoidea
Family: Longidoridae

Longidoridae (longidorid nematodes) is a family of polyphagous root ectoparasites in the phylum Nematoda (nematodes) with a worldwide distribution.

There are about 720 species divided amongst seven genera in the family, which is further subdivided into subfamilies and tribes.

Subfamilies;

Tribes;

With the Trichodoridae, the Longoridae form the two Enoplea nematode families known to be plant parasites, though from different subclasses, and the only virus vectors (particularly nepoviruses) in phylum Nematoda.


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